Comments on: Questions That Critical Thinking Will Help You Answerhttp://blog.oup.com/2009/07/helping-professionals/
Academic insights for the thinking world.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:32:55 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Malenahttp://blog.oup.com/2009/07/helping-professionals/#comment-152874
Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:41:29 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152874There is NO prevention for SIDS!! At this point in time, “prevention” is a word that should NOT be used in conjunction with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome! There are possible/probable RISK REDUCERS such as placing babies on their backs to sleep, but that does NOT prevent SIDS. Most of what people consider “SIDS prevention” is SUFFOCATION PREVENTION. Suffocation and SIDS are NOT the same thing. SIDS is not sleep apnea. The really terrible thing about using the word prevention with SIDS is that you dump totally undeserved guilt on families, caregivers, etc, who are already overwhelmed with incredible grief – trust me. Do your research – there is no prediction, prevention, or interruption for SIDS. Since I have become involved with SIDS awareness in 1989, I have met MANY people who followed EVERY RECOMMENDATION and their babies still died. Someday (hopefully sooner rather than later)we will know what happens to cause a child to suddenly die and THEN we will be able to work to find the prevention. There is no cure for SIDS because the first symptom of SIDS is death. You do not have to take my word for all of this information – do your research and then change your wording and support SIDS Awareness. October is SIDS Awareness month, but SIDS happens EVERY DAY.I can tell you from personal experience laying blame on co-sleeping is not the answer. I have five children and they have all slept with me at one point or another. There is something that makes certain children more susceptible. And to be so blatantly non compassionate as to even attempt to accuse loving parents of doing something wrong is unforgiveable.
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:59:11 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152698My son died of SIDS in 2001, and back then the word PREVENT was all over the place regarding SIDS…since then the word reduced is most often used, but to continue to see that word implies to new parents that THEY CAN avoid the death of their baby, and to SIDS parents that they should have avoided the death of their baby. The true links that have been made regarding SIDS like metabolic disorders and the underdeveloped brainstem is what we need to impress upon new parents. Then we can begin to talk about PREVENTION. Until then back sleeping only helps to prevent SUFFOCATION which is absolutely NOT the same thing as SIDS.
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Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:11:04 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152681There is no prevention. However, you CAN reduce the risks. And there is a HUGE difference in the two. Until we know what causes it, we cannot prevent it. We need to educate people about SIDS, and the ways to reduce risks. There are a good many SIDS information sites, & literature on the subject that our government gives away to whoever asks. I will look up the links & post them here later.
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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:30:58 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152663I would just like to support what the previous comments state – that the use of the word prevent implies that parents of SIDS victims are somehow to blame for their infants’ deaths.
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:49:41 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152650I would like to reinforce the last post. I can tell you from personal experience laying blame on co-sleeping is not the answer. I have four children and they have all slept with me at one point or another. There is something that makes certain children more susceptible. And to be so blatantly non compassionate as to even attempt to accuse loving parents of doing something wrong is unforgiveable.
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:25:52 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152648SIDS isn’t an illness or a disease that you can prevent. You can only reduce the risks. Maybe that’s what whomever wrote this blog meant. Not a good choice of words though.
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:22:41 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=5046#comment-152644RE: #5 There is NO prevention for SIDS!! At this point in time, “prevention” is a word that should NOT be used in conjunction with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome! There are possible/probable RISK REDUCERS such as placing babies on their backs to sleep, but that does NOT prevent SIDS. Most of what people consider “SIDS prevention” is SUFFOCATION PREVENTION. Suffocation and SIDS are NOT the same thing. SIDS is not sleep apnea. The really terrible thing about using the word prevention with SIDS is that you dump totally undeserved guilt on families, caregivers, etc, who are already overwhelmed with incredible grief – trust me. Do your research – there is no prediction, prevention, or interruption for SIDS. Since I have become involved with SIDS awareness in 2005, I have met MANY people who followed EVERY RECOMMENDATION and their babies still died. Someday (hopefully sooner rather than later)we will know what happens to cause a child to suddenly die and THEN we will be able to work to find the prevention. There is no cure for SIDS because the first symptom of SIDS is death. You do not have to take my word for all of this information – do your research and then change your wording and support SIDS Awareness. October is SIDS Awareness month, but SIDS happens EVERY DAY.
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